hús

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

• IPA^(key): /hʉuːs/

hús n (genitive singular hús, plural hús)

1. building
2. (only n pl) house (to live in), home, dwelling
3. accommodation, dwelling, shelter
4. household
5. family, people living in one household

"Hús" to refer to one's home is often in the plural in Faroese, i.e. "húsini hjá mær" translates to "my house". It is not always this way, and it's not altogether clear where this comes from, however it may be related to an older use of the word "hús" to mean a single room or chamber.

• (building): bygningur
• (house): bústaður, sethús
• (accommodation): tilhald, innivist
• (household): húshald
• (people living in one household): húski, húsfólk

Perhaps from an Iranian language, compare Persian گوشت (gušt), Northern Kurdish goşt.

• IPA^(key): [ˈhuːʃ]

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• Rhymes: -uːʃ

hús (countable and uncountable, plural húsok)

1. flesh (the soft tissue of the body, especially muscle and fat)
2. meat (animal tissue regarded as food)
3. (countable) a type or a slice/piece of meat
4. flesh (the soft, often edible, parts of fruits or vegetables), meat (any relatively thick, solid part of a fruit, nut etc)

• hús in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Old Norse hús, from Proto-Germanic *hūsą.

• IPA^(key): /huːs/

  Rhymes: -uːs

hús n (genitive singular húss, nominative plural hús)

1. house

• hyski
• hjú

hús

1. h-prothesized form of ús

From Proto-Germanic *hūsą, whence also Old English hūs (English house), Old Frisian hūs, Old Dutch hūs (Dutch huis), Old High German hūs (German Haus, Old Saxon hūs (German Low German Huus).

hús n (genitive hús, plural hús)

1. house

• húsbóndi

• hyski, hýski
• hjú

• Icelandic: hús
• Faroese: hús
• Norn: hus
• Norwegian Nynorsk: hus
• Elfdalian: aus
• Old Swedish: hūs
  • Swedish: hus
• Old Danish: hūs
  • Danish: hus
    • Norwegian Bokmål: hus
• Gutnish: heus